This morning Jane's CO2 levels did go down but not very much but she is physically 10 times better and more awake and breathing better. So they are agree CPAP was a success. She did get a good night's sleep finally so that helped very much...she was sleep deprived. Wearing the CPAP allowed her to sleep better.
Last night when they went to do a fluid drain on her lung the ultrasound showed not much fluid so they did not have to do the drain.
Lung transplant team is happy to see her progress but want to do more tests on her while they have her in the ICU. They still believe she has water around her lungs and doing a CT scan to verify and pinpoint location. (We will get results of the scan later tonight). Also they believe her CO2 levels can be brought down even more by adjusting the levels of her CPAP. Which they are going to study. Seems like we will be here for another two days. But good that they have a handle on this.
Transplant team is not going to do bronc and biopsy yet until they believe she is more stable. Sometime later week is fine. They are not concerned about new rejection because of the big improvement she had last night.
So overall things look better today. Jane is wide awake and able to have a conversation with me without dozing off. Her muscle tremors have reduced as well. So it was CO2 overload, sleep deprivation and fluid. She will probably need to wear this each night. But no big deal it is just a sleep apnea mask. Thanks for everyone's prayers.
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